FDSS: University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Faculty Recruitment in the Space Sciences

这个为期5年的空间科学学院发展(FDSS)项目的目标是在加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)招聘新的空间科学教师。加州大学洛杉矶分校在空间科学的教学和研究方面有着悠久的传统，这从研究生申请者的质量以及NSF、NASA和AGU的众多奖项/奖章中可见一斑。然而，它的空间科学教员人数一直在减少，而且国家的预算问题到目前为止阻碍了足够的更新。在这个最具活力的领域，迫切需要一名初级教员来维持和发展该项目。将大力鼓励和支持新员工融入大学的教育、推广和研究计划，并加强大学和空间科学界内与新员工专业领域相称的伙伴关系。现有资源包括航天器和仪器开发、计算/建模、等离子体实验室方面的设施和专门知识，以及既定的外联活动和教育培训。作为这个为期5年的项目的一部分，新招聘的教员将启动一个跨部门计划(IDP)，该计划将简化空间科学研究生申请程序，巩固研究生教育计划，并开发一个本科教育计划，名义上将作为PA系的独立辅修课程提供，并作为IDP的一部分。将特别强调促进女性和传统上代表性不足的群体在招聘过程中的参与。预计加州大学洛杉矶分校的潜在教员将通过她或他在其研究小组内开展的研究活动，以及在加州大学洛杉矶分校的教职员工和研究人员之间以及更广泛的空间科学界中的合作，促进科学知识的状况。有许多基本的和应用的等离子体和物理问题可以利用作为地球空间环境的天然等离子体实验室独一无二地解决。新招聘的教师还将增强加州大学洛杉矶分校的知识生态系统，为本科生和非专业学生交叉授粉，激发新想法，并在本领域内和不同领域推进知识。加州大学洛杉矶分校潜在的教师招聘将在教育方面产生更广泛的影响，通过在加州大学洛杉矶分校教授空间物理或相关学科的本科生和研究生课程，通过创新的教学方法促进教育的最新水平，以及通过面向社区和当地学校的外联活动教育更广泛的公众。这个为期5年的项目的研究和EPO议程支持AGS部门在发现、学习、多样性和跨学科研究方面的战略目标。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The goal of this 5-year Faculty Development in the Space Sciences (FDSS) project is to enable a new faculty hire in the space sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). The UCLA has a long tradition of teaching and research excellence in the space sciences, as reflected in the quality of graduate student applicants, and numerous NSF, NASA and AGU awards/medals. However, there has been a continued reduction in its space science faculty, and budgetary issues from the state have prevented adequate renewal to date. A junior faculty member is urgently needed to maintain and grow the program in this most vigorous field. The new hire will be strongly encouraged and supported in integrating into the University program of education, outreach, and research, and in strengthening partnerships within the university and space science community commensurate with the new hire's field of specialization. Available resources include facilities and expertise in spacecraft and instrument development, computation/modeling, plasma laboratory, as well as established outreach activities and educational training. As part of this 5-year project, the new faculty hire will initiate an Inter-Departmental Program (IDP) that will streamline the Space Science graduate application process, consolidate the graduate education program, and develop an undergraduate education program that will be nominally offered as a free-standing minor in the PA department, and part of the IDP. Particular emphasis will be placed on fostering participation by women and traditionally underrepresented groups in the recruitment process.The potential faculty hire at the UCLA will be expected to advance the state of scientific knowledge through her or his research activities performed within their research group, and collaboratively amongst the faculty and researchers at UCLA and more broadly in the space science community. There are numerous fundamental and applied plasma and physics problems that can be addressed uniquely using the natural plasma laboratory which is the Earth's space environment. A new faculty hire will also enhance the intellectual ecosystem within UCLA, cross-pollinating the educational system for undergraduates and non-majors, sparking new ideas and advancing knowledge within its own field and across different fields. The potential faculty hire at the UCLA will have broader impacts in terms of education, through teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in space physics, or related subjects at the UCLA, advancing the state of the art in education through innovative teaching approaches, and in educating the broader public through outreach events to the community and local schools. The research and EPO agenda of this 5-year project supports the Strategic Goals of the AGS Division in discovery, learning, diversity, and interdisciplinary research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.